Toward a Phenomenology of Forensic Psychotherapy: A Commentary on Polizzi and Draper. (June 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Aanstoos, Christopher M.
• Other Names: Arrigo Bruce A. guest-editor.; Davidson Larry guest-editor.
• Is Part Of: International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology. Volume 57:Number 6(2013)
• Page Start: 744
• Page End: 751
• Publication Date: 2013-06
• Subjects: phenomenology -- hermeneutics -- Husserl -- experience -- meaning; Criminals -- Rehabilitation -- Periodicals; Criminal psychology -- Periodicals; Violent offenders -- Periodicals; Sex offenders -- Periodicals; Criminology -- Periodicals; 364.3
• DOI: 10.1177/0306624X13480639
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0306-624X

Abstract

This piece is a commentary on the article by Polizzi and Draper (2013), elaborating a phenomenological hermeneutic of clinical forensics. First, it analyzes their depiction of the concepts of reduction, the given and the manifest, and the event. Second, it discusses their application of these ideas to clinical forensics, particularly with respect to issues of the openness/closedness of the client and therapist and their context.